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Chicago examiner luimuiiiuu suinaj uiuinaiice uk r c.il -â– - ii idw is 111 ciic bolstered ptftptp otctp p'r'wt in cwouro and elsewhere d s pateat offica trx\l\^hi ijin iii kjhisx l rabarfca two cents examiner clears up delbridge mystery by xeola aiiaed iy's girl scion of south ern aristocracy grandparents ; flfcntgomeryj rich uncle supported her brothers urt ward's beautiful mother wedded dashing son of phy cianj letters disclose shat ved romances a my\stery of marjorie del â– *â– year-old girl who lived all lfe 1 life with her black mammy milla jackson until she was forci bly taken from the negr envtrc*n ment by the juvenile court scion of one of the first suniliei q alabama < the child who was kidnapep by her black mammy from the juvjemie authorities and recovered after a wide search may now be restored to the old southern aristocracy jfronr which she sprang â€” if her relatives will take her that is a question marjorie's name is not delbriibge but weatherly her parents are both dead but her grandfather step-grandmother and grand aunts and uncles ate living \ two brothers found by examiner's efforts she has two brothers and tlie x aminer's discoveries will constituted ithe first news to them that they have a sister in the far-famed little marjorie delbridge of Chicago marjorie's mother was lillian leak daughter of w w leak who still resides in montgomery ala she married george weatherly an adventuresome son of a distin guished physician of that state marjorie's mother died eight years ago in tampa fla george weath erly her husband died some place in the mountains about the same time marjorie's grandfather w w leak still lives in an old flower jcovered house in montgomery juncle owns colonial mansion in alabama } lie took a second wife â€” marjorie's lep-grandmother â€” and they have .;'.<! children this they plead bin poverty as the chief reasons why j they do not take marjorie into their | homo of marjorie's other relatives the . prominent is her uncle james g weatherly of birmingham ala hi colonial mansion is one of the snow places of birmingham he is a corporation jawyer and a city com missioner he married the daughter of john t milner millionaire and one of the founders of birmingham they have children rich uncle admits money for brothers when i started south on trail of the solution of this fascinating mys tery i had a single clew the sus picion that james g weatherly was the uncle whom mammy jack u.s army to france in june by william e hostim wilson < won by appeals ran 1,000 red cross surgeons arfl many nurses will be sent i the front as force of mercb probably start on may 8 i american general staff ordered to arrange expedition first unit may be whole divisih . as start for huge army w washington april m least a brigade of ami troops will be on the fi?b line in france by mid-june it ifl fidently predicted here to-nigh reliable french quarters it is learned from this sourcibi marshal joffre and m vivianim ported by the entire british waib sion have won over the adminmj tion to the plan for sending an fl m ican unit to the front at the eahii possible moment srai late to-day the general staff ih r ' ported to have received orders h the president to work out planfl the immediate dispatch of an exfl tionary force across the seas i whole division may â– be sent at first â– â– it has not been decided whethem send a brigade or a division wheh er the force will ba composed i tirely of regulars or be made upsj a mixed force of regulars and ih tional guardsmen who recently s;l service on the mexican border has }â– to be determined these details together with t'rl designation of a commander for til expedition have been left to the geil eral staff subject later to the dj proval of the president m according to the information i hand there has been a practical equal division of sentiment in arfl circles as to the expediency of seih ing an expedition now in order til the effect of having the amerkl flag on the battle line may be hadb once or of waiting until a train army of 500,000 at least could be fifl trained and sent over ission of mercy h ill cross first , i matters came to a head to-day hj 3erted following a long confere^h twe/n rrvsw^st wilson and m ini head of the nrh - ,,â€žÂ», â– the first american ctmti agent 1 carry the flag overseas will be i mission of mercy this was ufficih ly announced at the war departmeb this afternoon in the statement th.l at least 1,000 red cross doctors arl army nurses would be sent i diately to europe they will serve with the armies m ready fighting but under the u and stripes their misison n^h planned and carlred to fruition b the council of national defense hj was officially approved by .-:'.â– â– .â– ;.â– â– of war baker to-day and the h nouncement was made that the pbj sonnel arrangements and time of parture were being worked out ul would be announced soon fl expedition to start within few days it is expected the mission will hj on its way representing the mediibj corps of the united states army flj may s the date on which io.ooo mhj prison threat fo&aliens in bakers strike the bread strike in Chicago women ir for bread carl vrooman assistant secret tary of agriculture inf city to day to cuib food walkout 1 ~ i gompers and morriso/n coming to demand unions keep their war anti-strike pledge i 1 4 nÂ»n orders from wnibjnpton the schulse and m nisi bakeries two of ti 11 ' struck shopnj anpplied bread to the great lakes al>nl training sta tion delivering it in tracks labeled Â«{;.' s a navr by order of the arov cri iment ,' n i agreements were reached where in r kewhala u be swp o^ied / oj chicuiro s iij . f bread mu absolntely i exhausted by yes terday afternoon and there were hun ger riots in jeyrlsh bakeries on the west and rth ivrat sides i a major thompson's arbitration conferenc/e having failed ot tangible result both sides announced that they hn little hope of settle ment / wa hingtjon april 30 â€” if strikes cy g-man bctkers in Chicago or else where interfere with the normal food eupply of cities the striking workmen may be interned as alien enemies if they have taken out naturaliza tion papergj this became k own at the depart | ment of jiistlce to-day when it was reported that the bread situation soon will i>e acute in new york chi cago and other large cities telegrams were sent to-night from the department of justice to district attorney clyne in Chicago to gather evidence concerning the strike for use in possible indictments to follow on tfie oasis of treason to the unitec states in prosecution of the strike by strike leaders u s was fuli powers it was ftated at the department of justice that without further legis lation by congress the government had full powers under the constitu tion to move to punish those who at tempted to cripple the country in time of war and that it was pro | posed to use this power to the utmost limit at this time secretary of labor wilson refused to make any comment on the bakers strike in Chicago but secretary mor rison cf the federation of labor left for Chicago to make good the pledge ox union labor that there would be iio strikes during the war he has behind him the pledged word and power of samuel gompers president of the american federation of labor behind mr gompers is the pledged word of the labor commit tee of the advisory commission of the council of national defense jompers coming sunday with secretary morrison was carl vrooman assistant secretary of agri culture who helped to frame the leg islation now before congress provid ing that the federal government shall take over all matters pertaining to food production conservation and supply in the united states mr gompers left to-night for new york but he is in touch with mr morrison and the Chicago bakers or ganizations are to feel to-morrow the force of other unions identified with the federation of labor against their kaiser closes borders to hide strikes fshintgton april 30.â€”ad 9 to the state depart mpt.ti.-u ay showed the desperate muasuies ; taken by the kaiser's government to prevent news of st i a id germany leaving the ecpire j to-morrow's developments in b rlin will decide it is believed h te ho.v long the war will last oi at leaÂ«t whether it will last ai ither year termanjr has forbidden all dis prj ches and for a week has pre v - erson leaving her tx lers tate department sources de clr ed is â€¢ german subject for six da s h ! ntered holland other in rmf : i n is that the same rule ha beel applied to switzerland u.s will use german ships senajte pasdes resolution house l^ill foljlow first to sail wijthin a week by in t'r national news service w - gt!on april 80 â€” the sen ate jlai o-aiy unanimously passed a : ution sought by the ad pi ividing for the seiz â– â– a ul . use of all the seaworthy ttnan and austrian vessels in icd in american harbors he resolution was introduced by ser ator culberson of texas chair ma of the judiciary committee it ha been preceded by a similar reso n introduced by senator knox of ymsylvanla i ud similar action in the e is certain speaking for his senator knox said n the morning papers oa t of the imperial chancellor he reiristag that the german nai ie ave sunk 1,600,000 tons i!liee and neutral shipping in last two months he sa â– ; that germany through gthis method will win the war de v united states llg me that an almost t of german shipping rbor should be sent to sea â– â€¢ e targets for the kaiser's a rot be a blunder out a c p tate longer i hope til pi , having these boats p r ' i now tjhey li being put in shape aiol sen kor smith of georgia and m of t^em ill put to sea probab thi ; s : wee>t crrryj s cai-goes to theallies quentin roosevelt put on u.s air duty washington april 30 â€” queruin roc â– jevelt soil of the foimer pr-si deik | has bean assigned to duty in â– via li etlon of the enli'ted serv ce it war announced by the war de itrrient this afterncon s.r thrasher's son joins u s unknown da b thrasher son of samuel t t ntr superintendent for the c amm t tee of fifteen left Chicago last r.ipht a recruit in the u s ma in â– orps 1 am a pacifist but i ! m in full ami d with those vho be lieve thftt i ji e price of iÂ»eace i3 ysr 1 faid ab father " berlin fears revolt after strike today german army held ready to sup press riot ng socialists lose control of the radicals kaiser closes borders in internal crisis washington sees peace hope in revolution london vtf-y 1 - â€” a dispatch from geneva says german and austro-hun â€¢ garian military headquarters have taken extraordinary measures to pre vent and c^en to suppress disturb ances to-morrow which has beer scheduled or may day demonstra tions dispatches state that serious food and j.'olitica riots which might have repercussion in the armies are feared in i-he principal towns the dai mau prints the following dispatch from the hague the c n b r>r olks zeitung reports that german socialist leaders have announr-fl that they are unable to ak f ipoiibibility for the mainte nance o ceace and order in germany after t m ' rr ow may day the 3ame newspaper has the fol lowing dispatch from berne the baden presse says no german newsp;-pers have been published ir bohcm'a since wednesday and add 5 . appa ently there is a prohibition p some sort we must await the e plans tion of this strange news " i an exchange telegraph company dispatch from the hasue says i travelers from germany annouf 106 that strikes have been going on ior the last ten days in westphalia and i the rhine provinces especially inj the stepl industry the military authori ties consequently have forbidden newspapers to be sent out of the country .' concessions are granted the daily news has this dippatch rotterdam ; as a result of the recent strikes cierman workmen engaped in iwar in dustries have received considerable oncessions in regard to tha supply if foodstuffs meat rations h ve been raised by half a pound we klv and potato rations to five pounds a semi official statement says 7 " although the supply of foodstuffs j is very short still it is as^red until , i the next harvest close nl w control â– will probably lead to restoration of the former bread ration i avasnington watcheÂ»closely washington april iw â€” to-mor i â– â– b developments in berlin will de cide it is believed here w long die war will last or at lejast whether it will last another year lermany has forbidden all dis , patches and for a wfiek/has prevenc d j any person leaving .. i barters state department sources declared no german subject tor six davs â€¢' ias entered holland othjer information i is that the same rule h as been app led to switzerland the state departmt 1 h as evidence a strong national efft lrt wi " b e Â«Â»Â»** by german socialises to overthrow the imperial government and declare a republic durina tl*e general sfikes called for to-morro'w reports not madje public were re ceived from american diplomats in close touch with germany i the situation b austria and in sweden which has been markedly pro-german li jupt as serious gen erali strikes hav been ordered in austria-hungary rind demonst atinns in favor ot the entente allies are to be held in swedf n - _^^^^ russ will exile czar to britain czarina too washington april 30 the czar and czarina are to be banished from russia this decision has been reached by the duma government official dispatches stated to-day the de posed ruler probably will be sent to england the provisional government is believed to be acting to remove peril of a counter-revolution which the presence of the czar seems bound to inspire among the deposed ruling class 2,899 million in i st war budget war department asks for 2 192,423,535 for navy 503 399,673 is demanded fc international news service washington april 30 â€” the first appropriation measure in the war budget was sent to congress to-day the committee on appropriations in troduced in the house a bill asking 52 899 485,218.18 the largest appropri ation bill in the history of the coun try of the huge sum 2,192,423,535.97 is asked for the war department and 503 399,673.87 for the navy the biggest item in the bill is for the purchase of ammunition for mountain field and siege cannon for which 376,000,000 is applied for transportation large the next largest item is 160,000 000 for the transportation of the army and its supplies it is presumed that the cost of transporting troops to france is included for development of the aviation service the war department asks a little over 47,000,000 and the navy 11,000,000 the bill also authorizes the secretary of war to purchase land for aviation schools and prov ing grounds at a cost not to exceed 9,000,000 bull at glance here are some of the big items pay of the army 2l9.351,0s7.00 subsistence of army . . . 133,000,000.00 regular supplies quar termaster corps ..... 101,800,114.23 incidental supplies for quartermaster corps 8,000,000.00 clothing and camp and garrison equipage . . . 231,538,548.64 horses 73,082,250.00 medical department .... 23,780,000.00 engineer equipment of troops - 35,876,000.00 engineer operations in field 04,500,000.00 ammunition 130,550,000.00 | automatic machine rifles$30,54Â»,7oo.oo i armored motor cars .... 3,1)00,000.00 antiaircraft ammunition 1,640,000.00 construction of gun and mortar batterie m 2,500,000.00 mountain field mid siege cannon 120,000,000.00 mobile artillery altera panama canal fortifica tion 4,320,974.00 in the estimates for the navy de partment the larerest sinjr.le appropri ation is tio,664,$58 asked for ammu nition 194 millions for guns the bureau of ordnance as a whole is to receive the largest part of the total amount asked for more than 194,000,000 the bureau of medicine and sur gery of the navy is scheduled for 7,300,000 for additional equipment expense besides those carried in the bill it is provided the chief of ordnance of the army may expend the following amounts for field artillery 2.~,000,000 j for sea coast cannon h.ooo.000 i for ammunition for name i.iioo mx ] for mobile artillery 15,000,000 1 for sen coast enunon in sulnr 2,550,000 congress awakens to censor bill peril by james j montague fathers fought for free speech says madden people pay for war and have right to utter criticism others declare i'tashington april 30.â€”to y day for the first time sena â€¢ tors and representatives be to awaken to the fact that the onage bill is a menace to the dom of speech for which the iders of the country fought for m years tie pressure of events since the aration of war has left the legis rs in a daze they have been hanically voting all legislation red them not until recently has curred to any of them that this sure advocated by lansing and gregory of the state and justice de etnents would make it possible lap a nation-wide gag on every en who did not happen to ap e of every act o the adminis tration or its subordinates would screen grave 6candal from public that such a law could screen the gravest scandals is now admitted applied by any cabinet minister it could muzzle criticism and send the critics to jail had secretary alger been able to avail himself of such a law in 189s he could have hidden the embalmed beef scandals until the rations had claimed thousands in the days to come mistakes crookedness wall street dealings any sort of misconduct could be kept from the public till endless mischief might give comfort and encourage ment to the foe has been forced under pressure all this is perfectly well known to every senator or representative who has considered the bill only pres sure from two government depart ments has forced it through the house and senate committees continued nonest expression of opinion should the bill become a law would fill the jails with the kind of men the country needs most men v/ho know their rights and know ing them maintain them as did jef ferson patrick henry benjamin franklin and john hancock in the days that brought this country into being in both senate and house the bill has been amended in an effort to jus tify it in the public mind and with p.n eye to getting it through the su preme court where its obvious un constitutlonality is bound to take it in both bills there is added the proviso that it shall not be construed to limit or restrict any discussion comment or criticism of the acts or policies of the government or its rep resentatives or the publication of the same this proviso however does not take from the administration the joffre to be in Chicago on friday great reception including banquet planned for french mission will visit lincoln's tomb 1 j washington april 30 â€” the fol lowing statement was issued to-night by the state department the french commission will leave washington thursday its mem bers will visit the west first they will go directly to Chicago after leaving Chicago they will visit kan sas city st louis springfield 111 to see lincoln's tomb and will then proceed to philadelphia new york boston and return to washington the program now has been defi nitely and finally decided upon and cannot be changed dei mm many invitations many invitations were extended from all parts of the country and the commission expressed the de sire to accept many of them but because cf the very limited time at its disposal and the large amount of work to be done in washington it was necessary to confine the members absence from washington to the briefest possi ble time only invitations could be accept ed which were the most practicable route is guarded in secrecy when the commission leaves washington it will cease to be the guests of the government in wash ington but it will be the govern ment's guests on its special â€” ex cept that in each city it would be the official guests of that city on its return to washington it will no longer be the guests of the gov ernment but will continue their labors because of the responsibility that will attach to the government in caring for the persons of the mem bers it is necessary that the times of their arrival and departure ut different places and the routes by which they are to travel be tween known points be not now published the press and the citizens of the various cities which are to be visited are requested to refrain from indulging in speculation on these matters officials to be told plans the people officially responsible for their entertainment in the vari ous cities to be visited will be offi cially notified so that their ar rangements can be made but the information will not be for publi cation the routes of their prog ress through the streets of the various cities and the program of their entertainment can be made public senator james hamilton lewis of Illinois to-day extended to the french commissioners the formal invitation o visit Chicago Chicago plans real u.s welcome for jof f re Chicago will give marshal joffre | former premier viviani and party a big american welcome immediately upon receipt of news yesterday that the french mission would arrive here friday plans wer made for a round of elaborate enter tainment the feature will be a banquet at which the visitors will be guests of the leading men of the state and city governor lowden will welcome the party to Illinois the tentative program includes a parade through the downtown dis trict a sightseeing tour and a night meeting at the auditorium cyrus h mccormick is chairman of the recep tion committee which will meet this afternoon in the council chamber city hall to perfect plans the party will include marquis de chambrun descendant of general la fayette â€¢ colonel jean febry the blue devil of france and admiral chocheprat of the french navy i continued on 8th page 4th column continued on 4th page 2d column i continued on 6th page 4th column jcensorship protest iiess 10 armour dl tuniversalljfcv|lietl^hfen won by gopulafhretition toxongr^ji sign now the petitjch^p^^apbosin^^^^ma^agej^ill hearst pajers jfoiq^ua^m^^tt^kmji^a^jmimimkfc ay you cannot park on certain streets during jwntown and within easy access to all parts of n hours cr all day if you like and know that it is ordinance on all streets not affected by this

Chicago examiner luimuiiiuu suinaj uiuinaiice uk r c.il -â– - ii idw is 111 ciic bolstered ptftptp otctp p'r'wt in cwouro and elsewhere d s pateat offica trx\l\^hi ijin iii kjhisx l rabarfca two cents examiner clears up delbridge mystery by xeola aiiaed iy's girl scion of south ern aristocracy grandparents ; flfcntgomeryj rich uncle supported her brothers urt ward's beautiful mother wedded dashing son of phy cianj letters disclose shat ved romances a my\stery of marjorie del â– *â– year-old girl who lived all lfe 1 life with her black mammy milla jackson until she was forci bly taken from the negr envtrc*n ment by the juvenile court scion of one of the first suniliei q alabama < the child who was kidnapep by her black mammy from the juvjemie authorities and recovered after a wide search may now be restored to the old southern aristocracy jfronr which she sprang â€” if her relatives will take her that is a question marjorie's name is not delbriibge but weatherly her parents are both dead but her grandfather step-grandmother and grand aunts and uncles ate living \ two brothers found by examiner's efforts she has two brothers and tlie x aminer's discoveries will constituted ithe first news to them that they have a sister in the far-famed little marjorie delbridge of Chicago marjorie's mother was lillian leak daughter of w w leak who still resides in montgomery ala she married george weatherly an adventuresome son of a distin guished physician of that state marjorie's mother died eight years ago in tampa fla george weath erly her husband died some place in the mountains about the same time marjorie's grandfather w w leak still lives in an old flower jcovered house in montgomery juncle owns colonial mansion in alabama } lie took a second wife â€” marjorie's lep-grandmother â€” and they have .;'.nl training sta tion delivering it in tracks labeled Â«{;.' s a navr by order of the arov cri iment ,' n i agreements were reached where in r kewhala u be swp o^ied / oj chicuiro s iij . f bread mu absolntely i exhausted by yes terday afternoon and there were hun ger riots in jeyrlsh bakeries on the west and rth ivrat sides i a major thompson's arbitration conferenc/e having failed ot tangible result both sides announced that they hn little hope of settle ment / wa hingtjon april 30 â€” if strikes cy g-man bctkers in Chicago or else where interfere with the normal food eupply of cities the striking workmen may be interned as alien enemies if they have taken out naturaliza tion papergj this became k own at the depart | ment of jiistlce to-day when it was reported that the bread situation soon will i>e acute in new york chi cago and other large cities telegrams were sent to-night from the department of justice to district attorney clyne in Chicago to gather evidence concerning the strike for use in possible indictments to follow on tfie oasis of treason to the unitec states in prosecution of the strike by strike leaders u s was fuli powers it was ftated at the department of justice that without further legis lation by congress the government had full powers under the constitu tion to move to punish those who at tempted to cripple the country in time of war and that it was pro | posed to use this power to the utmost limit at this time secretary of labor wilson refused to make any comment on the bakers strike in Chicago but secretary mor rison cf the federation of labor left for Chicago to make good the pledge ox union labor that there would be iio strikes during the war he has behind him the pledged word and power of samuel gompers president of the american federation of labor behind mr gompers is the pledged word of the labor commit tee of the advisory commission of the council of national defense jompers coming sunday with secretary morrison was carl vrooman assistant secretary of agri culture who helped to frame the leg islation now before congress provid ing that the federal government shall take over all matters pertaining to food production conservation and supply in the united states mr gompers left to-night for new york but he is in touch with mr morrison and the Chicago bakers or ganizations are to feel to-morrow the force of other unions identified with the federation of labor against their kaiser closes borders to hide strikes fshintgton april 30.â€”ad 9 to the state depart mpt.ti.-u ay showed the desperate muasuies ; taken by the kaiser's government to prevent news of st i a id germany leaving the ecpire j to-morrow's developments in b rlin will decide it is believed h te ho.v long the war will last oi at leaÂ«t whether it will last ai ither year termanjr has forbidden all dis prj ches and for a week has pre v - erson leaving her tx lers tate department sources de clr ed is â€¢ german subject for six da s h ! ntered holland other in rmf : i n is that the same rule ha beel applied to switzerland u.s will use german ships senajte pasdes resolution house l^ill foljlow first to sail wijthin a week by in t'r national news service w - gt!on april 80 â€” the sen ate jlai o-aiy unanimously passed a : ution sought by the ad pi ividing for the seiz â– â– a ul . use of all the seaworthy ttnan and austrian vessels in icd in american harbors he resolution was introduced by ser ator culberson of texas chair ma of the judiciary committee it ha been preceded by a similar reso n introduced by senator knox of ymsylvanla i ud similar action in the e is certain speaking for his senator knox said n the morning papers oa t of the imperial chancellor he reiristag that the german nai ie ave sunk 1,600,000 tons i!liee and neutral shipping in last two months he sa â– ; that germany through gthis method will win the war de v united states llg me that an almost t of german shipping rbor should be sent to sea â– â€¢ e targets for the kaiser's a rot be a blunder out a c p tate longer i hope til pi , having these boats p r ' i now tjhey li being put in shape aiol sen kor smith of georgia and m of t^em ill put to sea probab thi ; s : wee>t crrryj s cai-goes to theallies quentin roosevelt put on u.s air duty washington april 30 â€” queruin roc â– jevelt soil of the foimer pr-si deik | has bean assigned to duty in â– via li etlon of the enli'ted serv ce it war announced by the war de itrrient this afterncon s.r thrasher's son joins u s unknown da b thrasher son of samuel t t ntr superintendent for the c amm t tee of fifteen left Chicago last r.ipht a recruit in the u s ma in â– orps 1 am a pacifist but i ! m in full ami d with those vho be lieve thftt i ji e price of iÂ»eace i3 ysr 1 faid ab father " berlin fears revolt after strike today german army held ready to sup press riot ng socialists lose control of the radicals kaiser closes borders in internal crisis washington sees peace hope in revolution london vtf-y 1 - â€” a dispatch from geneva says german and austro-hun â€¢ garian military headquarters have taken extraordinary measures to pre vent and c^en to suppress disturb ances to-morrow which has beer scheduled or may day demonstra tions dispatches state that serious food and j.'olitica riots which might have repercussion in the armies are feared in i-he principal towns the dai mau prints the following dispatch from the hague the c n b r>r olks zeitung reports that german socialist leaders have announr-fl that they are unable to ak f ipoiibibility for the mainte nance o ceace and order in germany after t m ' rr ow may day the 3ame newspaper has the fol lowing dispatch from berne the baden presse says no german newsp;-pers have been published ir bohcm'a since wednesday and add 5 . appa ently there is a prohibition p some sort we must await the e plans tion of this strange news " i an exchange telegraph company dispatch from the hasue says i travelers from germany annouf 106 that strikes have been going on ior the last ten days in westphalia and i the rhine provinces especially inj the stepl industry the military authori ties consequently have forbidden newspapers to be sent out of the country .' concessions are granted the daily news has this dippatch rotterdam ; as a result of the recent strikes cierman workmen engaped in iwar in dustries have received considerable oncessions in regard to tha supply if foodstuffs meat rations h ve been raised by half a pound we klv and potato rations to five pounds a semi official statement says 7 " although the supply of foodstuffs j is very short still it is as^red until , i the next harvest close nl w control â– will probably lead to restoration of the former bread ration i avasnington watcheÂ»closely washington april iw â€” to-mor i â– â– b developments in berlin will de cide it is believed here w long die war will last or at lejast whether it will last another year lermany has forbidden all dis , patches and for a wfiek/has prevenc d j any person leaving .. i barters state department sources declared no german subject tor six davs â€¢' ias entered holland othjer information i is that the same rule h as been app led to switzerland the state departmt 1 h as evidence a strong national efft lrt wi " b e Â«Â»Â»** by german socialises to overthrow the imperial government and declare a republic durina tl*e general sfikes called for to-morro'w reports not madje public were re ceived from american diplomats in close touch with germany i the situation b austria and in sweden which has been markedly pro-german li jupt as serious gen erali strikes hav been ordered in austria-hungary rind demonst atinns in favor ot the entente allies are to be held in swedf n - _^^^^ russ will exile czar to britain czarina too washington april 30 the czar and czarina are to be banished from russia this decision has been reached by the duma government official dispatches stated to-day the de posed ruler probably will be sent to england the provisional government is believed to be acting to remove peril of a counter-revolution which the presence of the czar seems bound to inspire among the deposed ruling class 2,899 million in i st war budget war department asks for 2 192,423,535 for navy 503 399,673 is demanded fc international news service washington april 30 â€” the first appropriation measure in the war budget was sent to congress to-day the committee on appropriations in troduced in the house a bill asking 52 899 485,218.18 the largest appropri ation bill in the history of the coun try of the huge sum 2,192,423,535.97 is asked for the war department and 503 399,673.87 for the navy the biggest item in the bill is for the purchase of ammunition for mountain field and siege cannon for which 376,000,000 is applied for transportation large the next largest item is 160,000 000 for the transportation of the army and its supplies it is presumed that the cost of transporting troops to france is included for development of the aviation service the war department asks a little over 47,000,000 and the navy 11,000,000 the bill also authorizes the secretary of war to purchase land for aviation schools and prov ing grounds at a cost not to exceed 9,000,000 bull at glance here are some of the big items pay of the army 2l9.351,0s7.00 subsistence of army . . . 133,000,000.00 regular supplies quar termaster corps ..... 101,800,114.23 incidental supplies for quartermaster corps 8,000,000.00 clothing and camp and garrison equipage . . . 231,538,548.64 horses 73,082,250.00 medical department .... 23,780,000.00 engineer equipment of troops - 35,876,000.00 engineer operations in field 04,500,000.00 ammunition 130,550,000.00 | automatic machine rifles$30,54Â»,7oo.oo i armored motor cars .... 3,1)00,000.00 antiaircraft ammunition 1,640,000.00 construction of gun and mortar batterie m 2,500,000.00 mountain field mid siege cannon 120,000,000.00 mobile artillery altera panama canal fortifica tion 4,320,974.00 in the estimates for the navy de partment the larerest sinjr.le appropri ation is tio,664,$58 asked for ammu nition 194 millions for guns the bureau of ordnance as a whole is to receive the largest part of the total amount asked for more than 194,000,000 the bureau of medicine and sur gery of the navy is scheduled for 7,300,000 for additional equipment expense besides those carried in the bill it is provided the chief of ordnance of the army may expend the following amounts for field artillery 2.~,000,000 j for sea coast cannon h.ooo.000 i for ammunition for name i.iioo mx ] for mobile artillery 15,000,000 1 for sen coast enunon in sulnr 2,550,000 congress awakens to censor bill peril by james j montague fathers fought for free speech says madden people pay for war and have right to utter criticism others declare i'tashington april 30.â€”to y day for the first time sena â€¢ tors and representatives be to awaken to the fact that the onage bill is a menace to the dom of speech for which the iders of the country fought for m years tie pressure of events since the aration of war has left the legis rs in a daze they have been hanically voting all legislation red them not until recently has curred to any of them that this sure advocated by lansing and gregory of the state and justice de etnents would make it possible lap a nation-wide gag on every en who did not happen to ap e of every act o the adminis tration or its subordinates would screen grave 6candal from public that such a law could screen the gravest scandals is now admitted applied by any cabinet minister it could muzzle criticism and send the critics to jail had secretary alger been able to avail himself of such a law in 189s he could have hidden the embalmed beef scandals until the rations had claimed thousands in the days to come mistakes crookedness wall street dealings any sort of misconduct could be kept from the public till endless mischief might give comfort and encourage ment to the foe has been forced under pressure all this is perfectly well known to every senator or representative who has considered the bill only pres sure from two government depart ments has forced it through the house and senate committees continued nonest expression of opinion should the bill become a law would fill the jails with the kind of men the country needs most men v/ho know their rights and know ing them maintain them as did jef ferson patrick henry benjamin franklin and john hancock in the days that brought this country into being in both senate and house the bill has been amended in an effort to jus tify it in the public mind and with p.n eye to getting it through the su preme court where its obvious un constitutlonality is bound to take it in both bills there is added the proviso that it shall not be construed to limit or restrict any discussion comment or criticism of the acts or policies of the government or its rep resentatives or the publication of the same this proviso however does not take from the administration the joffre to be in Chicago on friday great reception including banquet planned for french mission will visit lincoln's tomb 1 j washington april 30 â€” the fol lowing statement was issued to-night by the state department the french commission will leave washington thursday its mem bers will visit the west first they will go directly to Chicago after leaving Chicago they will visit kan sas city st louis springfield 111 to see lincoln's tomb and will then proceed to philadelphia new york boston and return to washington the program now has been defi nitely and finally decided upon and cannot be changed dei mm many invitations many invitations were extended from all parts of the country and the commission expressed the de sire to accept many of them but because cf the very limited time at its disposal and the large amount of work to be done in washington it was necessary to confine the members absence from washington to the briefest possi ble time only invitations could be accept ed which were the most practicable route is guarded in secrecy when the commission leaves washington it will cease to be the guests of the government in wash ington but it will be the govern ment's guests on its special â€” ex cept that in each city it would be the official guests of that city on its return to washington it will no longer be the guests of the gov ernment but will continue their labors because of the responsibility that will attach to the government in caring for the persons of the mem bers it is necessary that the times of their arrival and departure ut different places and the routes by which they are to travel be tween known points be not now published the press and the citizens of the various cities which are to be visited are requested to refrain from indulging in speculation on these matters officials to be told plans the people officially responsible for their entertainment in the vari ous cities to be visited will be offi cially notified so that their ar rangements can be made but the information will not be for publi cation the routes of their prog ress through the streets of the various cities and the program of their entertainment can be made public senator james hamilton lewis of Illinois to-day extended to the french commissioners the formal invitation o visit Chicago Chicago plans real u.s welcome for jof f re Chicago will give marshal joffre | former premier viviani and party a big american welcome immediately upon receipt of news yesterday that the french mission would arrive here friday plans wer made for a round of elaborate enter tainment the feature will be a banquet at which the visitors will be guests of the leading men of the state and city governor lowden will welcome the party to Illinois the tentative program includes a parade through the downtown dis trict a sightseeing tour and a night meeting at the auditorium cyrus h mccormick is chairman of the recep tion committee which will meet this afternoon in the council chamber city hall to perfect plans the party will include marquis de chambrun descendant of general la fayette â€¢ colonel jean febry the blue devil of france and admiral chocheprat of the french navy i continued on 8th page 4th column continued on 4th page 2d column i continued on 6th page 4th column jcensorship protest iiess 10 armour dl tuniversalljfcv|lietl^hfen won by gopulafhretition toxongr^ji sign now the petitjch^p^^apbosin^^^^ma^agej^ill hearst pajers jfoiq^ua^m^^tt^kmji^a^jmimimkfc ay you cannot park on certain streets during jwntown and within easy access to all parts of n hours cr all day if you like and know that it is ordinance on all streets not affected by this